Pokemon Red and Blue Released In US 25 Years Ago
Anniversaries are always a special thing in the gaming world, and today, we break down a very special anniversary of a pair of titles that truly changed the world when they were released in the United States and beyond. Pokemon Red and Blue Versions came out on this date in 1998 in the US, and when they did, they almost instantly set the gaming industry ablaze. Despite what people may remember, the original versions of these titles were released in Japan back in 1996, and some issues happened getting a new version ready for worldwide distribution. But eventually, they made it to other countries, and people ate it up.
It’s fascinating to think about everything these games aren’t compared to what we have now, but at the time, they were revolutionary. For example, they were on the Game Boy. Still, they had an incredibly deep gameplay system between the Pokemon battles, trading, leveling up, going through the gyms, challenging Team Rocket, and more. There was a lot packed into these titles, and the fact that there were two versions of the same game, with different Pokemon in each, was something that hadn’t really been done before in the industry.
The franchise took off with the Pokemon Red and Blue versions, and they remain the best-selling RPGs of all time.
25 years ago today, Pokémon Red and Blue Versions were first released for the Game Boy in North America!
They are the first Pokémon games ever released outside of Japan and the best selling RPGs of all time.https://t.co/YpeCXD4ygf pic.twitter.com/AUYWeLYzFr
Think of what happened because of these two games’ success. They pretty much started the pocket monster boom and ensured the franchise would be around for a long time. The teams behind it could not have known that this
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